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;he bAyonet. Upon the Lieutenant Ca- Jc;..e: a 3 Captain Thackeray reporting to me, that t vas praoicable to es , abliNh our troops there, the tletic.hment m'as.direCled to stand fast, and by in cessant and judicious labour during the night, the luveuchment was convened into'a. second parallel, from whence the fire of the enehiy, however se vere, could- not dislodge it. Our sharpshooters and infantry: froth. ;thence greatly distressed the opposing. artillery ; and I am convinced hastened the enemy's decision to sur render. ; In the course of these operations, it has afford ed me infinite satisfa"alien to observe, that thes'skill of our Officers . and the - courage of °neaten, have uniformly converted 'the labours' of the enemy into works of security for - ourselves.: I am happy to say;that upon the whole our -losi has been inconsiderable; remarkably so, when the circumstances of the siege are taken, into considera- tion. • The skill and attention of Mr. Gunning, Stir geon to the forces, (of whom t cannot speak too bigfily,_ or too strongly recommend to your Excel lency) and that of the other Medical Officers, will trust be the means of preserving the valuable lives of our wounded Officers and Men. I am deeply ' concerned to say, that since my last report, a chance. cannon shot has deprived the army of Major Clarke ; an Officer whose early exploits and distinguiahcd qualities promised to render him one of its brightest ornaments. Captain Eyre's misfortune did nott• admit of his being on shore ; but the Magnificent. was brought near to the scene of action, and I constantly pro fited from his advice and assistance. " The squadron .has given me the most powerful aid ; it furnished ammunition and cannon for the batteries, with intelligent Officers and brave sea-: men io fight them ; their fire was most destruaive, Captains Mowbray, Brisbane, and Griffiths, of . the, Royal Navy, were zealous in their co-operation the two latter Officers resumed their station off Corfu, while Captain Mowbray, by his unceasing ; exertions facilitated our operations and supplied our. wants. The gallantry and good condaet- of the - Royal Ma rines was noticed to your .Excellency: in. - my last report, and I can only assure you that it has been conspicuous throughout she service. Colonel Wilder superintended the duties of the line to ray perfea satisfaction. • Lieutenant C)lonel Lowe commanded in the town, and was, unwearied in calling forth the re sources of the Island, and in planting and forward ing a mode of attack by the Lake, .had the obsti nacy of the enemy forced us to recur _to such a measure. The arranetnents of Captain Williamson, com mending the Artillery, were most excellent. The Officers and men of the corps displayed their ac customed science and intrepidity. • The labours of Captain Thackeray, ComMand ing Eogiireer, were incessant, his projects judicious, and his batteries admirably constructed. The Ot . ficers of that department had severe duty, and acquitted themselves in a manner the most praise worthy. I'he army has been abundantly supplied through the exertions of the Commissariat, diret.ted by Act ing Assistant-Commissary Forbes, a Gentleman who has discharged his extensive and complicated .duties entirely to my approbation. Since Captain Wynyard's confinement the Office_ of Adjutant-General has been perforMed by :Brigade Major Oust, a deserving Officer long attached to my. command. Captain A'Court, who, volunteered from Sicily, arrived in time to render me most essential service in the department of the Quarter-Master .General. - The limits of a report admit .not of my. noticing further the merits of individuals; but I can most conscientiously assure your _Excellency that every person belonging to this army has faithfully done his duty, and deserves. the commendation and, sup port a his superiors. The motives which induced ine to propose this enterprise to your Excellency, have acquired . _ strength as I became more acquainted with the local position and the military and political relations of the Island. The enemy upon our landing had 1600 regular and irregular troops ; a force he could augment at pleasure, and easily bring to a& against the adjacent and least prOteet, , .d of the liberated isles. The judi eious Measure:suggested by his Majesty's Minister, Mr. Foresti, and which obtained your Excellency's Sattelion, of receiving the- Albanians into our ser ' vice, together with the display of the National Greek flag, led them to abzndon a cause they never heartily embraced. Many of them have returned fo, their' country, and others are proposed to be en= rolled •by us upon the footing that has been approv-' ed of. During the whole of the service in this island, - Mr. Foresti has remain in the field,. sharing with me -the toils of the campaign. Herewith I enclose the articles of capitulation, '".' returns . of 1-;;;Ied and wounded, as also a return of prisoners and captured stores. • • This dispatch wilt be presented - by- Lieutenant Hart ztnbeller, my Aid de Camp, ‘t-liom I again re commend to your Excellency's notice and pro ' te6ion. I have the honour to be, &c.. ... (Signed) • '• - J. OSWALD, Tat ig.-Gem Commanding troops • - in. the lonian Isles. His Excellency Lieutenant General Sir loin Stuart, K. LS. and K. C, Commander-of • the korces, &c. fee. P. S. In my lasi'letter I omitted to mention, that Lieutenant Charters, with the Royal Marines of the. Belle Poole, formed a portion of the 'party which' g . assaulted the,enenty's lines; I now beg to supply that deficiency, and to bear testimony to their bril .liant couduCt upon that occasion. ;2 . "(Signed) OSW.ALD; Brig. Gen. ARTICLES OF CAPITLITION' Agreed upon between Lieutenant-Colonel-..Lowe, and Capt. Mowbray, of the Royal Navy, on the'rari of Brigadier.,, General Oswald, commandn .; 'his - Britannic Kkjesty,'s Land Forces, and or 'Captain !lyre commanding his NlajeS; ty's Vessels, and General Camus commanding the French Garrison or the Fortress of St. Maura, April 16i11, - aro. f St. I‘6. shall Art. 1. The Garrison of the Fortress o, ot, Maura shat ,evacuate this Fortress with the honours of war, and with. their arms and baggage tri-enibark on bbard English Vessels ssithur hi the goads, to,ttc!lpipriect at•the.Rpit of Trieste or Aucona, belonging to his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon. Answer. ,The Garrison will march out with the honours of war, and on the laying down their arms will he embarked on. board transpotts - , to be conveyed to such port of his Britannic, Majesty's doritinionstis'inay be found most. exriedient. The Officers. Will be allowed tdrcturn to Italy, on their parole of oot seising 1111til extliabgCri• The Officers will _preserve their:swords. • Aru n 11. The Garrison shall march out by the Port d'Epire, and shall embark at Port Niccolo. Answer. Granted. Art. 111. As soon as the Garrison has marched out, the Gate d'Ammaxiclti shall be occupied by the_ troops of his Britannic Majesty. , Answer. The gates of the Fortress Will be given up to the British troops as soon as the Capitulation is signed. Art. IV. The non-couthatants _shall be taken to Corfu. Answer. Granted. Art. V. The sick and woutxted,shall, remain in the place till their recovery, and then betaken to Corfu. They sic re commended to the generosity of the British .Governinent. Answer. - Granted. Art, VI: The Officers and men of the auxiliary force, of whatever nation, shall be treated in the same manner as the Garrison. Answer. Granted: - Art. VIL. The baggage of the Officers and knapsacks of the men shall be respected. Anwer. All private property shall be respeaed, but, at he,same• time, all private debts and obligations towards the inhabitants or others must be satisfied. )rt. VIII, All public property of every description, ma ne,, magazines, provisions, guns, ammunition, and plans of the engineers and artillery departments,. shall be delivered tfp to the Officers charged .to receive them, the same state as they now actually exist ; and thiOlfiCers charged to receive them are to enter the fortress at the same time the troops take possession of the gates, by whom sentries are to be fur &fished until the embarkation of the garrison takes place. (Sig t uedy MOWBRAY, Royal Navy.' • .- - H. LOWE, Lieut. Col. Com, IT! ' Lc Gcn. de C.a MII C. Return of the Freda) Garrison surrendered ,Prisoners 'of War in did Fortress of St. Matira, April tfoBco. t Brigadier-General, t Aid-de-Camp, 2 attached to the Staff; Lieutenant-Colonel, 3 Staff, '4 Captains, 8 Lieuteitints, 27 Serjeants, 39 drummers, 638 rank and file. Total 7 1 4. N. 13. Seventeen sick and 69 wounded, not included in the above. "(Signed) R. CUST, ,Acing Assist. Adj. Gen. - - _ - 7..;-: .-, I) .i. :. • . . -.- - - Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, of the Troops under the command of Erigacher-General Oswald, in storm ' ing three of the .Enemy's intrenched . Batteries, St. Maura, March zz, 1810. Cathy, St. - Mama, March 24, ate. Staff—t Captain, a 'Staff; wounded. Royal Engineers—a, Captain, wounded. 35th Regiment-2 rank and file wounded. Royal Marines-6 rank and file, killed ; t Captain, r subal— tern, z serieants, z 3 rank and tile, wounded. Detachment of Roll's Regiment—i serjeant, 8 rank and file wounded. Detachment of Calabrian Free Corps—t Staff, r rank and file, killed; • I. Field-Officer, a .Captain, a subalterns, is rank and file, wounded. Royal Corsican Rangers-3 rank and file, killed; t subal tern, t serjeant, 3 rank and tile, wounded ; 17 rank and file Greek Light Infantry-2 rank and file, killed; r Field-CM. cer, 3 Captains, 2 subalterns 23 rank and file , wounded. Total— a Staff, 12 rank and file, killed; 2 Field-Olfi. cers, 7 Captains, 6 subalters, a Stall, 4 serjeants, 74 rank and file wounded; 17 rank and file missing. Names of Officers Killed and Wounded - . Killed. Calabrian Free Corps—Quarter.Master Matioti Wounded. Staff—Captain Wynyard, Ist Foot Guards, Assistant-Adju tant-General, severely; Mr. Gunning, Surgeon to the Forces, slightly. Royal Engineers—Captain Parker, severely. Royal Marines—Captain Snow, his Majesty's ship Montague, slightly; Lieutenant Morrison, his Majesty's ship Halle Poule, ditto. Calabrian Free Corps—Major Oswald, severely; Captain Vincenzo Taberna, ditto ; Lieutenant Amantina, slightly; Lieutenant Tarantina. ditto. Greek Light Intantry —Major Church, lnspettor, severely ; Captain Tuflin, _ Assistant-Inspeaor, slightly ; Captain Stratti, ditto ; Capt. Turcolecco, dittos Ensign Ordioni, ditto; Ensign Petmesa, ditto. Royal Corsican Rangers—Lieut. Boccheciampe, slightly. (Signed) R. OUST, Acing Assist. Adj.-Gen. '• Return of Killed and Wounded of the troops-, under the Command of Brigadier-General Oswald, berore the For= imss of at. Maim:, to V.= *ll Of April, tgio. e 34 March. Calabrian Free Corps—i Rank and File, wounded. - • 3oth March. Royal Corsican Rangers—i Rank and File wounded. 6th April. 35th Regiment—t Rank and File wounded. ~~'~` i • & MAILS. Alt 11 ' , JED Dublin, i Waterford. Dist csotteuburgh, ; Dubiin, ; W4tertord. PRICE OF sTocKs THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols for Op. •71 I Red. Ann. 69i I OITIDIUM T S U N. 30LR1 4 4 DICTRZ YALSUM AUDEAT ? •,LONDU.N, MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1810. .41E 7th April. ..) 35th Regiment—, Field-Officer, wounded. Royal Corsican Rangers—t Rank and File, wounded. Calabrian Free Corps— i Rank and File, killed ; 1 Rank and File, wounded. Bth April. 3sth Regiment—, Rank and File, killed.. Seaman attached to the Artillery, his Majesty's ship Mon tague-4 Rank and File, wounded. 9th April. • Royal Artillery--. 2 Rank and File, 3 Rank and File, wounded. Seamen attached to the 'Artillery, his Majesty's ship Mon. tague—z Rank and file, wounded. loth April. Seamen attached to the Artillery, his Majesty's ship Mon tague-4 Rank and File, wounded. • 14th April. Royal Artillery-3 Rank and File wounded. Seamen attached to the Artillery , Majesty's ship-Mon tague-1 Rank and File, t Rank and File, wound ed. . Royal CorsiCan Rangers—, Rank and File, wounded. Greek Light Infantry--7 Rank and 'File, killed. Gun -Boat—r Seaman, killed ; 3 Seamen, wounded. - Isth April. - Royal Marines-1 Rank and. File, killed. 35th Regiment--J Serjeant, Rank and File, killed ; 2 Rank and File, Wounded. Royal Lorsican Rangers— , - Rank, a nd File. wounded. De Roll's. Regiment-2 Rank and File, wounded. zd Light Infantry Battalion-=t Rank and File, wounded. Total--t Serjeant, to Rank and File, killed ; A Field Officer, 32 Rank and File, wounded. • Name of Officer wounded. Major C. W. Clarke, 35th Regiment, commanding the Bat. talion of Detachments, since dead. (Signed) Assist. Adj. Gen. Letters have been received from Gibraltar, which repeat the account of O'DoNNEL's hexing defeated the French near Letida.. No datails are given, ex _ , cept that the French are said to haye lost 7000 men; so„ that •d 9 not, ccalider thysp letters as giving Much strength. to the report of the vitory. . The Princess Elizateth packet arrived at Falinouth on. Friday, after a passage of ten day. She does' not bring any intelligence of importance. A gene ral expectation, however : , seems; to ~prevail, that,,a battle will speedily take place between Lord WEL LINGTON and MASSENA. We, however, still retain the opinion which we expressed upon that subject a few days ago. It is reported that AlAssasik had is sued a Proclamation, in which he styles himself King of Portugal. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER ON BOARD 111 S MAJESTY'S SHIP EDGAR, DATED WINGOE SOUND, JUNE 16, 1810. ": In consequence of a number of inaccuracies 'respecting the operations of the fleet in the Baltic, appearing in several PaperS, I beg leave to contra diet some of them.—Admiral REYNOLDS, in the St. George, passed us on the 20th May, oft Petersdorf, previous to which we had been Senior Officer, up the Baltic, with the Orion and Saturn, and had done nothing ; the enemy did not annoy us in the least, passing the Belts, with the outward convoy ; but on the 31st ult. in again coming down, the Skehtrake and two merchant brigs being, some distance ahead of the convoy, at anchor, and it being calm, they came out and opened their fire .on .them; a breeze springing up about nine, the convoy weighed, when the Ranger and Sheldrake returned their fire, and a. heavy cannonading commenced; the enemy's meta l was heavy, but owing either to the inferiority Of their. powder, or want of elevation of their guns, the sloops threw their shot much farther than their range, and obliged them to pull in shore, without having done; the smallest mischief. " In the evening of the 31st. a large convoy pass ed, under the Prin,esi Caroline. On the 3d June-4 Sir JAMES SAuMAaEZ passed us with another con voy, the Admiral did not bring up. On the 4th we sent the. Sheldrake with • dispatchas after him, and on her return, the_ boats again attacked her, and she narrowly escaped. On the. 6th we anchored at Anholt, and sent the Alexandria home with the convoy. The improvements made and making on this Island, do the Governor infinite credit ; labour has not been spared, and a great deal of ingenuity has been exercised in its fortification; by the win ter, it will be capable of defending itself against any force the enemy can bring against it, and there is not the smallest doubt but in a year or two, it will become a place of considerable importance to the Baltic trade. The soil is barren, being a complete sand bank; but it affords excellent water, and in abundance; we watered three line-of-battle ships in three days, not fifty yards from the beach ; by dig ging three or four feet deep, you find a spring of good water, and the Same all over the Island. " The enemy making a move to the Northward with his gun-boats, and it being expected they would annoy the convoy between this and Anholt, was the cause of our coming here. We have no communication with Gottenburgh. Nothing has been heard here of the French fleet. The trade is carried on only by English licenses, and very 'few captures have been made. The extraordinary trick which Sir FRANCIS -played his, Committee and his admirers on Thursday - last; seems to have excited their indignation in no incon siderable degree, and we are very much inclined to think that it will take more than six weeks to recon cile them to. their disaPpointmet. We should be very glad if any of the parties concerned would tell us, whether_ the Committee did or did not consult with Sir FRANCIS on the subiea. If they s did, and lie gave his consent to it, his subsequent con du& to them was certainly most tinpardonable. If the Committee did not consult Sir FRANCIS upon the subje&, they undoubtedly have less reason to complain .; but' it appears that ,these Gentlemen seem to think they have a kind of property in Sir FRANCIS, and that he is bound in duty to obey them upOn all occasions. One of the Members of the Committee, who went -down to Wimyedon on Thursday, to make Sir FRANCIS account for his condut, very plainly told the Baronet that if they had caught him on Thursday, they would have clap ped him into the phaeton, and dragged him through the streets by force. It is true that the Gentleman alluded to. has since declared that he used this ex pres .sion-jocularly, but we have very, little doubt but that if the Committee could have laid their hands upon Sir FRANCIS, they would have forced him to join the cavalcade Indeed, these Gentlemen seemed to have thought that, as they treated Sir FRANCIS to a seat in Parlianwnt without his know ledge,they might, with great propriety, force him to taice part in a procession without his consent. But whatever we may think of the conduit of 'the Committee on this singular occasion, that of Sir FRANCIS iS completely inexcusable. There is no point of view in which it can be considered that will allow of any apology. It may be said that Sir FRANCIS did not specifically, and in terms, give his consent to ride in the procession, and that therefore, he did not break his faith wtili his: Coinraittee and his Friend; ; but did he not know that they prepared a Procession ? had he not seen their Advertisement ? had he not read the programma, in which his place in the Procession was as signed him ? Did he not know that a Phae ton had been procured for him, and that two landaus and divers hackhey coaches •and sad dle horses had been hired by his friends ? most undoubtedly he did, and therefore we again repeat, that his coodue to hii Conamitte2 and his friend was most unpardonable, in suffering them to incur such an expence, and to make themselves so pre eminently ridiculous when he had positivly deter mined to give them the slip. How this important affair will terminate it is inn- . possible to foresee. The gentlernen who manufac tured the procession are still in very great dudgeon, and we have been told that Sir FRANCIS 13 quite as angry with them. We know that he fought with Mr. PAULL, because that gentlei man advertised him as Chairman at a dinner, with out his knowledge ; whether be will call out his Committee for advertising him as the first figure in a procesAon, without his consent, time will show.. His MAJESTY and Princess ELIZABETH and So- PHIA walked nu _Windsor Terract: on Thursday evening. His MAJESTY and' Royal Party were ac companied by Sit S. , SrArrii and l.ady, Lord RIVERS,. Lady COLLYER, Mrs. DRAX GROSVUOit, G.-nerals, GARTH and-FrrzttoY, Colonel DEssnow, and a very genteel assemblage 4 company ; whilst 'be bands of the Royal Horse Goads (Blue), and Statfo,d Mi litia played seteral m. rtial and pleasing tunes till 9 o'clock. Friday morning hi. MAJESTY and Princesses Au- GUSTA and SOPHIA took..tlieir tistadl morning'. aitiog in Windsor Great Park till twelve o'clock. Yesterday morning, his MAJESTY, and Princesses AUGUSTA and SOPHIA, accompanied by LOKI AY LS FORD, Lady CULLY ER, Mrs. DR AK GROSVENOR, Gen. GARTH, and Col. DESB [tow, went to St. George's Chapel, and heard divine service. Atter the sermon, Mr. WESTLEY played a grand piece of sacred music, which his MAJESTY• and the PRINCES- - -SES -stopped to hear. The Royal Party afterwards re turned to the Palace. Thursday evening Dr. DUNDAS arrived at Wind sor, and attended Princess AMELIA ; on F:iday morn ing he returned to Richmond. Friday evening, Sir H. HALFORD arrived 'at Wind sor, attended Ptincess AMELIA during the. night, and on Saturday morning rammed to .London. The King has been pleased, in consideration of the services performed by the late BrtgaOier General the Baron de MONTALEMBERT; to grant unto Major - MONTALEMBERT, of' the Permanent Staff (the Baron's only sort), his Royal License, that he and his heirs male, being Subjects of his Majesty, nay assume and use the hereditary title of " Baron, within his Majesty's dominious. A letter frotia a Officer at Gibraltar dated the Sth of May, states, that 600 deserters, consisting of, French and subsidary foreign troops, in the pay or France, had arrived at the gsrrison of Ahcant, aed that 500 more upon their march for the same do" tination. Sir EDWARD PELLEW is appointed to the come mand in the Scheldt.; and Sir RICHARD STRACHAI 4 is to have the command at the Cape. A letter from an Officer on board the Hyperion brig, off St. Domingo, gives some particulars re' seeding the squadrons of the rival Chiefs of that Island. CHRISTOPHE'S,,• it is said, consists of Dille vessels; two ships, about the size of British sloopo of war, five brigs, one schooner, and a small slool'' PETIQN'S consists of seven vessels, viz. two vettes, four brigs, and a three-masted schooner; o' 6 number of guns in each' squadron is nearly eqoal', about 125. These squadrons had a running fighL on the 28th March, but PrnoN's vessels avoided general ac ion; and from their supetior'sailing were enabled to do so. CHRISTOPHE was before ; the /11 0I° the beginning of May ; his troops had invested 111 the place for 16 mouths : on his arrival he s,termo two places nearly adjoining the town, and "so' s determined to carry it by assault if it did - nor stir' render. It is stated in a Dominica Paper, received op Sr turday, that the President of that Island having re' ceived information that a camp of runaway Pe i ( goes had been formed amone , t the heights C' Grand Bay, a patty of the 46th Regiment was - div patched, under the orders-of Lieutenant CALDER , is surprise it. After marching all night, Lieutenan t CALDER arrived at the place at day-break,- owing to the premature discharge of a musket, One six negroes were taken. • . 7e - ut ?re; The subsequent paragraph 'will shew the oppre r sion of the French system in the dependent Staten • " FULDA, MAY 28.—1 have had last year ' l , struggle with the Hydra of the Conscription, though my time is occupied with the .duties school-master. They have at last succeeded, 00d have been obliged to pay for a subeitute the seal f : 500 dollars. I was under the necessity of presenti ii? , to the Inspector no fewer than five substitutes, 1 0 ' of those I propOsed having been rejected." The Provincial Theatres have been lately very o'', successful ; and this declining influence of representation has been, whether truly or not, ct cannot say, imputed to the general prevalence Si methodistical dodrines throughout thekingdotn• Hull, in particular, an advocate for these doetrie e tells his congregation, every Sunday, that there ' 4 no possibility that a player should be saved, or o ,' s body who frequent theatres. The same notions e' incutated by a methodist preacher at Birmirezho v "; and at other places, and the congregations are in g neral very numerous. eil7 r As a proof Ciat the French decree prohibiting,' • exportadon of corn. does not include this Countr* vessel, with a cargo of wheat,.;arrivcd on SWor p '; in the River frorn Havre, .frotil %Yhei.cc she sai.) . ,( ;l . on Wednes.Uy The. .NOster,siges, that seve r ',t yesse:s adeii Aith corn had sailed fin - dit,r•relit pei e f • n - ' Holland i lain the last • fortniYht, faut were permitted to di , ,cha C'a ige thrir rgoe . ); • . - L . Ili